''Ceratophallus kisumiensis'' is a
species of freshwater air-breathing
snails,
aquatic pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Planorbidae, the
ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
This species is found in
Kenya,
Tanzania, and
Uganda. Its natural
habitats are freshwater
lakes and intermittent freshwater lakes.
References
Planorbidae
Gastropods described in 1912
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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